Name profile

Brady

From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Brádaigh, itself derived from the byname Brádach.

Usage languagesEnglish
US rank (2025)#321

Meaning and history

Brady comes from the Irish surname Ó Brádaigh, derived from the byname Brádach. The surname is borne by American football quarterback Tom Brady (1977–) and the fictional family in The Brady Bunch (1969–1974).

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 4,086 births, rank #106
2007: 4,951 births, rank #93
2008: 4,815 births, rank #94
2009: 3,741 births, rank #110
2010: 3,236 births, rank #126
20112011: 3,045 births, rank #135
2012: 2,860 births, rank #136
2013: 2,332 births, rank #175
2014: 2,093 births, rank #195
2015: 2,032 births, rank #199
20162016: 1,753 births, rank #222
2017: 1,689 births, rank #226
2018: 1,383 births, rank #261
2019: 1,304 births, rank #274
2020: 1,089 births, rank #304
20212021: 1,278 births, rank #272
2022: 1,223 births, rank #282
2023: 1,034 births, rank #323
2024: 1,102 births, rank #309
20252025: 1,071 births, rank #321

Brady moved from #309 to #321 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2007, with 4,951 births.